Prophetically Speaking

“My mother worked as a domestic, two, sometimes three jobs at a time because she didn’t want to be on welfare. She felt very strongly that if she gave up and went on welfare, that she would give up control…

“All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” John Adams, (1735-1826)…

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Source: Walden (1854). Source Reference…

“Once we start to worry too often and too deeply about what certain individuals and what certain groups think about us, then we might start selling our souls for the sake of expediency.” Otis Chandler, (1927-2006) Publisher of the Los Angeles Times (1960-1980) Source:…

“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President. Source: Novanglus Letters, 1774. Source Reference John Adams Quote

“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars: the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” H. L. Mencken, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic. Source Reference…

“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.” Charles De Gaulle, (1890-1970) French president and military leader. Source Reference Charles De Gaulle Quote